Sennelier Etude Art Student Oil Color Sets

Crafted in the same tradition as Sennelier Extra-Fine Artists' Oils, these vibrant, student-grade oil colors are formulated to resist yellowing and offer excellent lightfastness. In the tradition of fine sketching oils, they closely match the working characteristics of their famous "parent" colors. Their buttery texture offers the ability to achieve smooth brushwork even in thick applications or glazing.

I picked up a tube of the cadmium yellow light as an opportunity to try a different brand of student paint. This paint has the most reliable consistency of any student paint I have used. No extra oil, no clumps of pigment or who knows what. It's best described as being almost fluffy in consistency. It holds minor peaks, and would require a medium, or thinning for glazing. On the other hand, it isn't a thick bodied paint, so if you paint exclusively with a knife/impasto style, It may not be thick enough. As a final note, it is a student grade paint, and mixing it with an artist grade white, or other high pigment paint is going to use up a fair bit of it. I recommend using this paint with other student grade paints to get the most out of each tube.

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